London International Awards
2022 Winners and Finalists
Silver
Production & Post-Production
Cinematography
Entrant: | Quad Productions / Quad Group, Paris |
Brand: | 30 Millions d'Amis Foundation |
Title: | "The Call" |
Corporate Name of Client: | 30 Millions d'Amis Fundation |
Agency: | Altamnn & Pacreau, Paris |
Agency Presidents: | Olivier Altmann/Edouard Pacreau |
Chief Creative Officer: | Olivier Altmann |
Copywriter: | Jack Roman |
Art Director: | Charles Schiepan |
Agency Head of TV: | Jessica Piergiovanni |
Production Companies: | Quad Productions / Quad Group, Paris |
Director: | Bruno Aveillan |
Executive Producer: | Timothée Boullié |
Line Producer: | Thomas Le Peutrec |
Director of Photography: | Bruno Aveillan |
Post-Production Companies: | Quad Productions / Quad Group, Paris |
Executive Post-Producer: | Nataly Aveillan |
Flame Artists: | Aymeric Rochas/Anne Georges |
SFX Supervisor/Lead Flame: | Benjamin Laborde |
Production Service Company: | Shelter, Kiev |
Edit Facility: | Fix StudioParis/Quad Group, Paris |
Editor: | Thanh Long Bach |
Color Companies: | Fix StudioParis/Quad Group, Paris |
Colorist: | Arthur Paux |
Sound Design Company: | AOC - Attention O Chiens, Paris |
Music Composer: | Olafur ARNALDS |
Song Title: | "Erla's Waltz" |
Description:
This film provides a unique sensory experience where hearing and sight are highly exploited, shedding light to the cruelty that these defenseless beings go through to instill public debate a few months before the French presidential elections with the objective of making it a real electoral challenge.
For this campaign, the Foundation has chosen to highlight general animal causes, going beyond the sole issue of abandonment, a strategic turning point that also corresponds to public debate knowing the film aimed to be broadcasted a few months before the French presidential elections.
Indeed, the public debate and public opinion is becoming increasingly aware of the fate of many animals, making this issue a real electoral challenge.
The film features domestic and wild animals in appalling situations: a dog abandoned by its master, a wounded deer hunted by hunters, a bull mutilated after a bullfight, a monkey used in a laboratory, or a bear exploited by a circus... In turn, the animals cry out in despair, but man chooses to remain unmoved by this distress.
"Each animal stands out by the deep distress they express. Their call metaphorically unites all animal causes in a common song," explains the director.
"The shocking images that some charities broadcast are very useful and allow us to denounce horrible behaviors, but they are so violent that not everyone can bear to watch them," explains the director.
The idea here was to echo these videos, which often go viral because they are shocking, by showing a multitude of real acts of abuse that we can no longer close our eyes to.
Taking the animals' point of view and humanizing their pain immediately allows to immediately identify the charity renowned for such campaigns and to grab the viewers attention.